Rob Nelson

NJ raised, adopted New Orleanian, UNC alum, former print guy, former anchor/reporter at WWL, ABC, WABC, News Nation, Scripps News. Looking for next adventure

[Julie Tsirkin @news_jul]

GUNSHOTS heard outside of the White House

Approximately 20-30

Secret service told those of us gathered on the north lawn to run inside the press briefing room

[Alex Weprin @alexweprin]

Here it is, the guest list for the final week of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

CNN just confirmed that the suspect is indeed a man from Los Angeles in his early 30s.

[Joe Flint @JBFlint]

CNN's Wolf Blitzer: "What I don't know is how an individual could get that close to the ballroom with a weapon like that."

[Geoff Bennett @GeoffRBennett]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officer shot in bullet-resistant vest at correspondents' dinner but is expected to be OK, law enforcement official says.

[Rob Nelson @RobNelsonTV]

RT @GavinJQuinton: This is an image, unconfirmed, that I believe to be the body of the shooter at the @whca dinner.

Multiple shots were f…

[Mediaite @Mediaite]

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer gave a harrowing account of the moment a shooter disrupted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, prompting Secret Service to rush President Donald Trump away.

[Abby D. Phillip @abbydphillip]

Very relieved everyone is safe in DC tonight. The WHCD has hosted presidents for decades. This is one of the most well-secured and well-known (to law enforcement) places in Washington. How anyone could get close to this event with a weapon is almost inconceivable.

[Sam Stein @samstein]

The whca dinner is one of the most guarded and secured dinners of the entire year. Multiple security screenings at multiple levels of the hotel. Shocked a gun could even get close

[Josh Rogin @joshrogin]

Video of the scene inside the WHCD

[Omar Jimenez @OmarJimenez]

Wolf Blitzer says he was "feet away" from a shooter "as he was shooting" in the lobby at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. He says he and others were then rushed into a nearby bathroom.

[Rob Nelson @RobNelsonTV]

Seriously?

[Acyn @Acyn]

Weijia Jiang informs the WHCD audience the program will resume

[CSPAN @cspan]

"Stay down!"

President Trump and others are evacuated from White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.
#WHCD #WHCA #NerdProm

Watch LIVE here: https://t.co/OQnyC97cOI

[Peter Schorsch @PeterSchorschFL]

.@CNN live reporting from Secret Service saying a “shooter” was “in lobby” and is “confirmed dead.”

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

BREAKING

The U.S. Secret Service just rushed the President and First Lady off the dais at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after the sound of shots being fired was heard.

They have since reportedly been evacuated.

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

🚨🚨🚨הנשיא טראמפ פונה מארוחת תא הכתבים על ידי מאבטחי השירות החשאי אחרי שבאולם נשמעו כמה בומים חזקים

[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

It’s a state of chaos here at the Hilton ballroom at the White House correspondents dinner. It appears that the threat, whatever it was, is gone. But nobody is being allowed to leave the ballroom here at the Hilton.

[PM Breaking News @PMBreakingNews]

Breaking: Possible gunshots fired at White House Correspondents Dinner. President Trumps and others were evacuated.

[Disclose.tv @disclosetv]

JUST IN - Security situation unfolding at the White House Correspondent dinner.

[NWS New York NY @NWSNewYorkNY]

Temps have warmed well into the 60s this AM for much of the area. Temps will reach or exceed 70 degrees in many spots by 2pm. The warmer temps are short-lived as colder air returns behind an E flow this eve. Temps look to be 20-25 degrees colder by 8pm compared to 2pm.